Terms

Before we get started, let's go over a few of the terms that we will be using frequently in this tutorial. If you get confused about these terms while you are going through the tutorial, you can always click on the dark blue glossary link that appears at the bottom of each page.

• The internet is a communications network that connects computers from all over the world.
• The World Wide Web is a part of the internet. It is often referred to as simply "the web." The web was developed to make the internet easier for the average person to use.
• A web browser is a program that allows you to access information available on the World Wide Web. It reads the information on a web page and displays that information on your computer screen. We'll talk much more about web browsers later in the tutorial.
• A web page is a single page of information on the World Wide Web. Each web page has a specific address on the web. We'll talk more about web addresses later in the tutorial.
• A web site is a collection of web pages.

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